Soyeong Yang

Ph.D. Student @ HCI Tech Lab, KAIST

Soyeong Yang is a Ph.D. student in HCI Tech Lab at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), advised by Prof. Sang Ho Yoon.

Her research interests are Haptic Rendering, Soft Actuators, and Human Perception. She focuses on pneumatic soft actuators and human-centered haptic rendering of diverse material properties and deformation behaviors.

She earned her M.S. from KAIST (Metaverse, Culture&Technology), and B.E. from Chung-Ang University (Art&Technology).

Publications

Paper

AquaHaptics: Hand-based Multimodal Haptic Interactions for Immersive Virtual Underwater Experience

Soyeong Yang, Sang Ho Yoon

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG 2026)

DOI Project Website Video Presentation

Demo, Poster and Extended Abstracts

VibeThrough: Timing-Controlled Vibrotactile Rendering for Through-Hand Penetration Sensations

Soyeong Yang^*, Nakhyeong Lee^*, Sang Ho Yoon, Ki-Uk Kyung

Proceedings of the 2026 AsiaHaptics Conference (AsiaHaptics 2026 Demo)

AquaHaptics: Hand-Adaptive Haptic Feedback for VR Underwater

Soyeong Yang, Sang Ho Yoon

IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2025 Demo)

Poster Project Website

Experience

Research Experience

Visual Media Lab (KAIST) Dec. 2021 ~ Feb. 2022

Research Intern

Character Simulation Techniques based on Physics Engine using Deep Reinforcement Learning.

Korea Creative Content Agency & Chung-Ang University Jun. 2019 ~ Aug. 2019

Technical Researcher

Development of Visual Perception Model for Digital Human based on big-data.

Work Experience

KAI (KAIST Spin-off) July. 2022 ~ Dec. 2022

Intern, Software Engineer

Development of Real-time Mobile Chat Application based on Metaverse.

Awards & Honors

Research Grant for Ph.D. Fellowship National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea (Sep. 2026 ~ Aug. 2028)
KAIST GSMV Student Council (Spring 2024 ~ Spring 2025)
Student Innovation Challenge Sponsored by LG Electronics: Encouragement Award (3rd) Korea Haptics Conference (Nov. 2023)
HCI@KAIST Student Committee (Mar. 2023 ~ Feb. 2024)
KAIST Scholarship Graduate School of Metaverse (Spring 2023 ~ Present)
CAU Undergraduate Fellowship Dean's List (Spring 2021)

Academic Service

Reviewer

AsiaHaptics 2026
ACM CHI Poster 2026
ACM IMWUT 2025
ACM Augmented Humans 2025, 2026

Student Volunteer

ACM CHI 2025